Joana Vasconcelos at MACE

01/07/2023 - 31/10/2023

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Ibiza will host from July 1 the exhibition 'Valkyrie Crown', by portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos: a proposal full of color and symbolic element that will occupy the Sala de Armas of the MACE until October 31st.

The Valkyries by Joana Vasconcelos are large format sculptures inspired by the deities of Norse mythology, who flew over the battlefields and brought back to life the brave warriors killed in war to meet the gods in Valhalla. Made with textile materials, they express the artist's creativity, through a great variety of teles, embroidery fabrics, hook needles and trimmings. The final result is a combination of volumes, textures and colors, using manual works and updating the connection between the different crafts of the XXI century. Formed by a central body, head and tail and several arms, many Valkyries also combine craftsmanship with technological components, through the incorporation of lights that - simulating vibration and breathing - endow them with movement and life.